Jeff Samardzija (4-11, 5.05) gave up five runs on eight hits and a walk in four and a third innings with three strikeouts. Cahill ground out and Franchy Cordero scored in the third inning. Hector Sanchez hit a lead-off home run in the fourth inning. In the fifth inning, Matt Szczur scored on a Jose Pirela single, Sanchez doubled to drive in Carlos Asuaje, and Wil Myers scored on Cory Spangenberg‘s ground out. Asuaje singled in the sixth inning to drive in Craig Stammen. Myers hit a lead-off home run in the seventh inning. Pirela tripled to drive in Szczur and Pirela scored on an Asuaje single in the eighth inning. Hunter Renfroe scored scored on a Szczur single, a Pirela single drove in Erick Aybar, and Szczur scored the go-ahead run on Asuaje’s single in the eleventh inning.

With Yangervis Solarte currently out with a strained oblique, this question gets a little more complicated. Still, I have a feeling the Padres will end up sticking with Solarte even if he comes back before the deadline (the guys at Gwynntelligence felt the same way on their podcast yesterday). There are some soft factors that make a lot sense there, plus the Tigers didn’t get back a whole bunch for J.D. Martinez in a recent trade. It seems like most teams just aren’t looking to add position players at the deadline, as everyone scrambles for more arms. The Red Sox could make sense for a fit if they want to be patient with their top prospect, third baseman Rafael Devers.

If Solarte stays in San Diego, that means he’ll be getting regular reps at second. That leaves Cory Spangenberg and Carlos Asuaje to duke it out over at third, with both of them likely getting time at second and in the outfield. Ryan Schimpf lurks in El Paso as an obvious candidate for a late-season recall, but it’s not clear that the Padres are too high on him.

I’m not sure if any team would actually trade for Erick Aybar, and I write that with all due respect to the lad. He works as a fine placeholder with the Padres, but I wouldn’t mind them getting “crazy” and putting either Spangenberg or Asuaje there (they could try both, although that’d leave nobody manning third). Sometimes a guy ends up playing better there than you’d think, plus it give you an extra opportunity to get another interesting position player on the field every day. Jose Rondon could also get a look at some point, although he’s currently on the DL at Triple-A El Paso. Aybar’s 33 years old and a replacement level player; I’d like to see the Padres use the second half to audition a few other players at short.

Antonio Senzatela (10-3, 4.67) gave up four run (three earned) in five innings on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts. Jose Pirela‘s double scored Carlos Asuaje and a single by Blash drove in Wil Myers and Pirela in the first inning. Myers hit a solo home run in the fifth inning. In the sixth inning, Erick Aybar‘s sacrifice fly drove in Cory Spangenberg and a single by Matt Szczur scored Blash. Asuaje led off the seventh inning with his first Major League home run.

Jeff Samardzija (4-11, 4.86) allowed seven runs in six innings on nine hits and no walks with eight strikeouts. Hector Sanchez followed up his two-run walk-off home run on Saturday night with a three-run home run and Erick Aybar drove in Cory Spangenberg with a double in the first inning. Spangenberg hit his own three-run home run in the third inning.

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Sometimes things can get a little fuzzy after a Sunday afternoon at the pub. Here’s a friendly reminder of what you may have missed while you were drinking.

The Padres (38-50) scored fewer runs than the Philadelphia Phillies (29-58) yesterday, 7-1, in the three-game series finale at Citizens Bank Park.

Trevor Cahill (3-3, 3.38) allowed four runs on six hits and no walks with eight strikeouts in five innings. All seven Phillies’ runs came on six home runs. Nick Williams and Cameron Rupp each hit a solo home run in the second inning. Freddy Galvis hit a two-run home run in the third inning. Odubel Herrera hit a solo home run in the sixth inning. Aaron Altherr and Galvis hit back-to-back solo home runs in the seventh inning.

Jerad Eickhoff (1-7, 4.63) shutout the Padres out over five innings on five hits and a walk while striking out eight. Erick Aybar scored the Padres only run in the ninth inning on a sacrifice fly by Hector Sanchez.

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Sometimes things can get a little fuzzy after an evening at the pub. Here’s a friendly reminder of what you may have missed while you were drinking.

The Padres (36-49) scored fewer runs than the Cleveland Indians (45-39) in the series finale at Progressive Field, 11-2.

Dinelson Lamet (3-3, 5.93) allowed six runs (five earned) in four innings pitched on six hits and four walks with five strikeouts. Michael Brantley tripled drove in Francisco Lindor and Jose Ramirez hit a two-run home run in the first inning. And it just kept going from there. Brantley scored on a Lonnie Chisenhall sacrifice fly and Edwin Encarnacion scored on Bradley Zimmer‘s sacrifice fly in the third inning. Encarnacion led off the fifth inning with a home run. In the sixth inning, Yan Gomes hit a lead off home run, Encarnacion drove in Jason Kipnis with a double, and Ramirez’ single scored Encarnacion. Chisenhall doubled in the eighth inning to drive in Brantley and Encarnacion.

Josh Tomlin (5-9, 5.90) gave up two runs on four hits and no walks while striking out six in seven innings. After a leadoff double by Hunter Renfroe for the Padres first baserunner of the night, Cory Spangenberg singled, Renfroe scored on Erick Aybar‘s ground rule double, and Spangenberg came home on Allen Cordoba‘s sacrifice fly.

Sometimes things can get a little fuzzy after an evening at the pub. Here’s a friendly reminder of what you may have missed while you were drinking.

The Padres (36-48) scored more runs than the Cleveland Indians (44-39), 6-2, last night at Progressive Field.

Luis Perdomo (4-4, 4.54) allowed two runs on nine hits and no walks while striking out four in five innings. Erik Gonzalez scored on a Francisco Lindor single in the third inning. Lindor doubled in the fifth inning to drive in Gonzalez again.

Trevor Bauer (7-7, 5.24) gave up four runs (three earned) on eight hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in five innings. Carlos Asuaje singled but was thrown out trying to take second base as Erick Aybar scored in the fourth inning. In the fifth inning, Luis Torrens scored on Jose Pirela‘s triple and Hunter Renfroe reached on a fielding error to let Pirela cross the plate. Asuaje singled again in the sixth inning, once again driving in Aybar. Cory Spangenberg hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning.

Kenta Maeda (6-4, 4.56) allowed five runs on eight hits and a walk with one strikeout over just three and two-thirds innings. Manuel Margot hit a solo home run in the first inning. The Padres loaded the bases in the second inning and Chacin ground into a double play but Erick Aybar scored, Carlos Asuaje scored on Jose Pirela‘s double, and Margot’s double brought Pirela in. In the fourth inning, Pirela singled to drive in Luis Torrens. Hunter Renfroe had his first 4-for-4 game with three singles and a double.

The Padres are off to travel to Progressive Field to take on the Cleveland Indians (44-37) for three games. Trevor Cahill (3-2, 3.27) returns from the disabled list and gets the start against Corey Kluber (7-2, 3.02) starting tomorrow at 4:10pm PDT.Read More…